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| Indolent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas
(NHLs) are slow growing forms of lymphoma. They encompass what were called low grade
and some categories of intermediate grade NHL in the Working Formulation. Indolent
NHLs have traditionally not been strongly responsive to conventional cancer therapies such as chemotherapy
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| Depending on the cancer, often a patient
can live years without much treatment. A doctor may chose
"Watch and Wait" - a strategy of waiting until symptoms are such
that treatment should proceed. With newer immunotherapies,
the era of Watch and Wait may be over as effective treatment may be able
to proceed as soon as the lymphoma is detected. |
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Here is a listing of each type of Indolent NHL with links to specific pages for further study. This site follows the US National Cancer Institute on what is an indolent lymphoma and what is an aggressive lymphoma. Lymphoma Classification and Typing information is also now available to sort this all out.
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy (a form of immunotherapy) is a newer treatment for some forms of B-cell Non-Hodgkin's. A new section is devoted to this form of therapy. Multimedia Resources (updated)
Books 
Living
With Lymphoma, Elizabeth Adler, Oct. 2005
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Information Pages: Non-Hodgkin's
Lymphomas Childhood Lymphoma Information Pages: Childhood
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